MCS - Christmas Release - Day 1

Good morning! It's time for another release from My Craft Spot - and this time it's all about Christmas! So many fun sets - starting with today's called "Naughty or Nice." 

I used today's to make these fun little treats for Christmas - they are actually super yummy, although rather rich, more like a candy! You can find the recipe for my "coal" HERE - basically a recipe for Rice Crispy Treats, but substitute crushed Oreos for the Rice Crispy Cereal!

I actually packaged them up in clear bags that I have for holding my cards - they worked perfectly! I stamped each sentiment from this set on frames that I cut using Ornate Labels Metal Dies. I added some distress ink to the edges to soften them a little.

Next, I wrapped up my packages with some Cranberry Crinkle Ribbon, and added some Natural Jute String as well.

Make sure and head over to the My Craft Spot blog to check out all of the other fun projects by the Design Team! Kimberly is giving away a $10 Gift Certificate each day, so make sure and leave a comment there for a chance to win!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! See you again tomorrow!!!

MCS Mini Release - Day 1 - Rolled Flowers

Good morning! The design team at My Craft Spot is excited this morning to be sharing sneak peeks for day 1 of a 2 day mini release! There are two fun new metal dies - both of which are available now in the My Craft Spot Store. There is also a giveaway! 

Today we are playing with Rolled Flower dies:

Here is what I made with them:

I decided to make a fun gift bag! I cut the flowers with some handmade paper from a DCWV paper pad - the soft paper rolled up so easily in these flowers! I rolled them up and added a tiny pearl to the centers of them. 

I also cut a tiny vellum doily using Tiny Doilies 2 Metal Dies and tucked that behind the flowers. I used a glassine bag that I got a while back from Michael's - it has gold chevrons on it! So hard to see in the pictures, but it is a lovely soft gold pattern. I adhered that to my gift bag, then added the doily, flowers, and a bow using some Sage Jute String.

Next, I took a tag I cut with my Silhouette Cameo, and stamped a birthday greeting using Chalkboard Sentiments Stamp Set. I heat embossed it with gold embossing powder to coordinate. 

Finished off with a bit of Spring Moss Crinkle ribbon on the top of my tag!

Here is the other die set we will be sharing projects with tomorrow:

And today's giveaway - Kimberly will pick a comment from one of our blogs to win a $15 Gift Certificate to My Craft Spot:

There will also be one winner drawn each day from orders placed - so if you have a little shopping to do, this is a great opportunity!

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope to see you again tomorrow to share my projects with the fun new Washi Tape Dies!

Baby Girl and Boy Cards

Good morning! I'm sharing a couple of fun baby cards over at My Craft Spot this morning:

These cards kind of happened by accident - I was trying to clean up my crafty area, and these papers pretty much jumped out at me and begged to be made into a card! 

I used the fun new Big Word Dies from My Craft Spot to cut out the Congrats. I cut it out of white cardstock, then also cut the bottom half of it out of the top of one of my pattern papers. I attached my two pattern papers together, then pieced in the die cut word. I covered it with 2 coats of Wink of Stella for some sparkle, then added a layer of Glossy Accents for a bit more shine. Gives it such a polished and finished look, with very little work!

And, I love when making baby cards to use the same layout and style, and make both a boy AND girl card. So I did the same card but in blues for a boy:

All my pattern paper is by Crate Paper, and I added a bow with Crinkle Ribbon from My Craft Spot to both of them. The girl one used Petal Pink, and the boy one used Sky Blue - both are conveniently packed in the Sweet Baby set. 

I finished off with some machine stitching around the outside, the stamped part of the sentiment from Bundle of Joy stamp set, and and a safety pin brad and a bit of Pearl Bling Strips - both from Eyelet Outlet.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!!!

MCS Challenge - Wrap it Up

Good morning! There is a new challenge going this week at My Craft Spot, and I'm sharing the project that I made for last week...then life got crazy and I never had a chance to share it! So even though this isn't my week to provide inspiration, I'm joining in anyway, since this fits the new challenge this week as well - Wrap It Up!

I used a piece of of October Afternoon pattern paper from an 8x8 paper pad, scored the bottom to make a flat piece, then cut a doily with My Craft Spot's 4" Doily Die to fold across the top. I punched a couple of holes, and tied it closed with Raspberry Truffle Crinkle Ribbon and Cherry Red Traditional Baker's Twine.

I cut the banner with Straight Banner Dies and stamped my sentiment in two different colors of MFT ink using two different My Craft Spot stamp sets, "Christmas Banner Sentiments" and "Christmas Friends and Neighbors" - such a fun and funny sentiment!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you will join in the challenge this week!

MCS New Release Day 5 - Christmas Goody Tags

Good morning! Welcome to day 5 of sneak peeks for the Winter Release at My Craft Spot! Today we are sharing projects made with Christmas Friends & Neighbors Stamp set.

This set is full of all kinds of fun and cute sayings to attach to your homemade (or not so much homemade!) treats to give to friends, neighbors, and teachers! I decided to make something super simple. Everybody knows how crazy it gets around the holidays (something that some of these sentiments capture perfectly!) - so I found some pre-printed tags and journaling cards I had in my stash, stamped my sentiments on them, punched a hole, then tied on some pretty ribbon and twine to finish them off!

This right here is my FAVORITE sentiment of the bunch! I'm thinking of attaching this to a jar of fudge topping for ice cream, a bag of chocolate chips, one of those giant Hershey kisses, you get the idea!

This would go perfectly with some homemade bread, banana bread, slice and bake cookies, fancy cheese and crackers - so many fun possibilities!

And this one - on just about anything baked! Crumb cake, coffee cake, cookies, etc...

I used Cranberry, Milk Chocolate, and Toadally Green crinkle ribbon (you can find it all HERE at My Craft Spot) and Traditional Twine in Chocolate, Black Licorice, and Baby Blue (available HERE at My Craft Spot).

Thanks so much for stopping by! Make sure and head over to My Craft Spot next to see what the rest of the design team put together, and enter today's giveaway - and come back tomorrow for the full release and hop with a giveaway at each stop, including this one!!!

MCS New Release Day 3 - Christmas Cocoa Treats

Good morning! Welcome to day 3 of sneak peeks for the Winter Release at My Craft Spot! Today we are sharing projects made with the newly releasing stamp set called Ornate Labels Christmas, which coordinates with Ornate Labels Metal Dies.

I decided to make a fun Christmas Hot Cocoa Treat gift! I cut my Ornate Label with Chalkboard paper, then stamped and heat embossed my frame, sentiment, and those fun stars with Zing embossing powder. I also smudged a bit of white pigment ink on them to weather them a bit.

Next, I punched a hole at the top and threaded through some Snow White Crinkle Ribbon, and then tied a bow with Maraschino Twinery Baker's Twine.

Added a candy cane, and tied it all around a thin plastic bag that I received from my wonderful DT friend Ally! It is filled with Trader Joes Peppermint Hot Cocoa - which by the way, is to die for! I'm not sure if it is out yet this year, but it seems to come around seasonally, and I always buy a few spares to save and use throughout the year. Not sure how this one survived so long, but I'm glad I still had it for this!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Make sure and head over to My Craft Spot next to see what the rest of the design team put together, and enter today's giveaway!

Let's Talk Turkey!

Good morning! Popping in with the details on a card I'm sharing over at My Craft Spot this morning:

I used the cute sentiment hiding in the bottom corner of "Happy Thanksgiving" under the tag - isn't it fun?!?!?

Supply List:

Sentiment Stamp: My Craft Spot "Happy Thanksgiving"

Crinkle Ribbon, Baker's Twine, Natural Jute Twine: My Craft Spot

Rubber Stamp image: Unity Stamp Co. "Country Pumpkin Chowder"

 Pilgrim Hat Brads from Eyelet Outlet

Bling Sheets Blue from Eyelet Outlet

Bling Sheets Green from Eyelet Outlet

Stitched Washi Tape from Eyelet Outlet

Tag Die: Paper Smooches

Misc: doily, Copic Markers, and wiggly eye

Paper: We R Memory Keepers

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

Ribbon Carousel Design Team - Fall Inspiration!

{{{If you are looking for my Sneak Peak Day 2 for My Creative Time, scroll down to the last post, or click HERE}}}

Good morning! I am SUPER DUPER excited to share that I was recently invited to join the Ribbon Carousel Design Team! I have been eyeing a Ribbon Carousel for a very long time - and came so close so many times to purchasing one, but to be perfectly honest, I was afraid I wouldn't like it as much as I thought I would! Well...I can easily put those fears to rest! I now have a beautiful one sitting assembled in my craft area - and I wonder how I survived without it! Seriously! Anyway - I will post more on that at the end of this post! For now...here is my card for the second week of inspiration for the Ribbon Carousel Monthly Challenge:

The challenge for this month is Fall and Halloween:

As always - the prize is this (kind of fabulous if you ask me!):

I actually set out to case THIS card by Debby Hughes...but now that I see it finished, I feel like I must have been thinking a little of Laurel Seabrook and either this card HERE, or perhaps this project HERE, or this card HERE...or any other number of fabulous projects by her! The feel of this just reminds me of her style - which I happen to love!  

I used some Pebbles pattern paper, stamped some leaves from the Unity August Kit of the Month with Hero Arts ink on kraft paper, then fussy cut them out. Tied them together with some jute twine, added some crinkle ribbon (recycling some that came in a package holding my product together!), a folded banner from Simon Says Stamp, tucked a doily behind, and added some enamel dots.

Now...more about that ribbon carousel! I (of course!) forgot to take pictures in daylight, so sorry for the bad lighting! It is still beautiful though, isn't it?

So - do you want to know what I loved most about it? Besides the fact that I can fit a LOT of ribbon in a small area? And that it is so beautiful? (You can choose from 3 different colors of nobs! I picked PINK! And I LOVE it!) 

So the thing I love the most about it, is what I was afraid I would NOT like about it. Ironic, isn't it? I usually grab my ribbon, wrap it around my card or project to decide what I want and such. I was afraid I wouldn't like not being able to pick it up easily and move it around. Turns out though - I don't have to do that as much because now I can easily see what I have and what matches my project perfectly! And...not having to hold the spool frees my hands up to do what I want them to do - tie my bows, wrap around, and cut where I want without wasting any! 

I'm happy to report that all the time I spent debating was in vain! I am in love! That is all!

Have a great day today! Bye for now!

My Creative Time New Release - Day 1

Good morning! I am so excited this morning to be joining in for the week as a guest designer for the new release at My Creative Time! Today the design team is sneaking "Build a Postcard," "Postcard Add Ons," and "Holiday Tickets." As soon as I saw the fun sentiments in the "Holiday Ticket" set, I immediately had to try out a chalkboard technique card! They were perfect! 

I used an older die, MCT Tag Dies and some chalkboard paper to create my tag. I then stamped the sentiment from the new release with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white powder. I added some doodles and such with a white colored pencil as well.

I added some crinkle ribbon from my stash, and some blue jute twine from American Crafts, then a tiny blue gem that I picked up from Michael's a while back.

Tucked a doily behind, and added some pattern paper from an older MME Christmas pad, then mounted the tag on the card with foam adhesive. Yep...this is a pretty bumpy card! Good luck to whoever might try to fit it in an envelope! :-)

Sneak Peek giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will announce the winner of that on Tuesday & so on......

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word! ;)

Good luck to everyone! Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a wonderful day - and I will see you all throughout the week with more sneak peeks!

MCS Challenge - 3D items

Good morning! Happy Monday, and welcome to a new week's challenge over at My Craft Spot! The challenge this week is 3D items - so I decided to put together a couple of little treat/gift bags for my daughters:

I was only going to make one...but since I have two daughters, I figured I better make it two! Since the beginning of school is coming near, I think I will tuck a few goodies in them, and save them for either the first day, or for making it through the first week or something! We homeschool - so I like to do what I can to make it a special day!

I used some My Mind's Eye fun Kraft papers that I had in my stash for way too long, and used my Silhouette Cameo and a cut file from the online store for my boxes. Love how simple they are to put together!

I added some Midnight black crinkle ribbon and Spring Green Traditional baker's twine from My Craft Spot to tie around and decorate the top.

I cut some cute tags using Tiny Tags Metal Dies, and the coordinating stamp set Tiny Tags 3 to stamp my sentiment using PTI ink.

Can't wait to give these to my daughters! Or to see what you make - hope you join in and play along with us this week! Have a great day!!!